Fire Emblem

Fire Emblem is a franchise of Turn-Based Strategy RPGs. Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi, the first game of the franchise, was released exclusively in Japan for the Famicom in 1990. Since then, the franchise has released games on the Famicon, Super Famicom, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS. The first six Fire Emblem games were released exclusivley in Japan, while the seventh through the eleventh were localized worldwide. The twelfth saw no English release, but the franchise has recently regained a North American presence with Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Although Fire Emblem only had a cult-following for much of its existance, it gained mainstream popularity after two of its characters, Marth and Roy, were playable characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, followed by a third, Ike, being playable in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This, combined with an increased western presence since Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, has caused continual recent growth in its fanbase. The franchise now exists across seven seperate timelenes, with Fire Emblem: Awakening connecting them for the first time.

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The game takes place in Tokyo, following the lives of the young members of the Fortuna Entertainment talent agency. These youths become "Mirage Masters", who have the power to merge with Mirages, souls of warriors from another world, such as Chrom. While some Mirages are kind-hearted and help out the Mirage Masters, others seek to cause chaos and draw power from the emotions of innocent people, and it is up to the Mirage Masters to stop them.

Fire Emblem games tend to consistently land average ratings in 80's, and are as lauded for their plotlines and characterization as they are criticized for the limitied muli-player options thoughout the series.